The Siege o Leningrad, an aa kent as the Leningrad Blockade (Roushie: блокада Ленинграда, transliteration: blokada Leningrada) wis a prolanged militar operation unnertaken bi the German Airmy Group North against Leningrad—historically an currently kent as Saunt Petersburg—in the Eastren Front theatre o Warld War II. The siege stairtit on 8 September 1941, when the last road tae the ceety wis severed. Altho the Soviets managed tae open a nairae land corridor tae the ceety on 18 Januar 1943, the siege wis finally liftit on 27 Januar 1944, 872 days efter it began. It wis ane o the langest an maist destructive sieges in history an owerwhalmingly the maist costly in terms o casualties.[7]